Reasons Why Moving to Germany Is NOT for You 🇩🇪 👎

Honest Reasons Why Moving to Germany Is NOT for You!

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[mariomanningfan]

All completely valid, realistic assessments. My wife and I are moving back to Bavaria in a few months, after being in the Western US for the last 12 years. All of these things are the things we've talked about and whether we could deal. But as you probably said to yourself, despite those negatives, Germany can be a really charming place to live depending on what it is you want from a country. I miss the quality of life I had there and am looking forward to being back, even with the shitty weather, cold people, and boring food lol.

[bread]

I remember when we canceled our phone contract we had to snail mail a letter requesting to cancel it. I thought they were joking when they told us the process. And regarding the weather, when we lived in Stuttgart there was an especially long cloudy/gloomy spell one winter. I'm from Alaska, so I didn't even notice it, but everyone else was complaining about it 😆. But where I live in Alaska the sun dips behind the mountain for 3 months, so nearly anywhere else is sunnier and nicer, haha.

[dharmoslap]

@DianaVerry I have been able to register a few times without even making an appointment. If you just go there with your papers ready and tell them you need to register, they will usually give you an appointment for the same day.

If you want to book an appointment in Berlin, you have to open the website in the morning (between 6.30am and 7.30am). That's when they update their system. If you open the website after 8.00am, you won't see many options left. Then you can always call 115 and they will give you priority.

[HI-gjqn]

i don’t mind the weather, i live in Chicago.

[IIIOOOUS]

Thanks to "Bahnstreik" I missed my Mallorca flight, but luckily we had 3 sunny days before in Berlin. Hopefully the angels will be singing again soon.

[joannunemaker]

Happy New Year to you. I hope you feel better soon.😊❤

[kemalciplak]

I am a candian citizen who is/was trying to reunite with with my german wife and my 3 bi-passport holding children. I tried to get citizenship by finding work. I found 4 jobs that didnt work out for individual reasons. First company went bankrupt before i could start, second job got halted by the arbeit Argentur because they gave priority to the unemployed people already in the jobcenter system in the nrw area. Third job was halted because the auslanderbehorde told me i cant work for a live firma, last job the firm them selves told me they only gave me the job as a formality and i couldnt actually work for them because i dont have strong german. So thus i am thinking about moving back as i have given up. All this happened in 7 months.

[IceGoddessRukia]

"If there is a will- there is a way!"
IMO the "negatives" are peanuts if you love Germany enough- and the good thing about Germany is that you can always take a train or hop to another country if you miss the spice and variety!

[rolandscherer]

French has many rules. English has many exceptions. German has many rules and many exceptions.
It is extremely difficult to find appointments for re-registration in Berlin because Berlin is the union of two cities and two administrations. This is not a problem in smaller towns or villages.
Food in Germany doesn't have to be boring if you know the recipes that were cooked before WWI. However, after two world wars and two inflationary periods with years of famine, the Germans have forgotten how to cook and eat and are now slowly learning again. Cooking traditions change slowly, we had 3 generations of mothers who could only teach their daughters how to get full, not how to eat good. But bread, sausage and beer are first class in Germany. (I had a grandmother who was born before WWI, I learned a lot from her, and I inherited her cookbook).

[christopherb.]

from a the bureaucratic system ist outdated and slow, yes, but especially so if you move here from canada, the compared to most countries, its probably average, but you do need german, which i mean.... and at least things usually work out in the end... have you been to southern europe??!! east asia???!! :D the weather is indeed depressing but dont let the bureaucracy scare you away ;)

[Why-D]

The most sunshine hours are in Baden-Würtemberg.

[eugeniorossi]

The problem with Europe, at least north of the Alps, is that the latitude is high, so there is little sunshine, even though the temperatures are not so cold due to the currents from the Atlantic Ocean. For instance, Toronto, Canada, is located at the same latitude as Florence, Italy, although the temperatures in winter are much colder and similar those of a Scandinavian city.

[Arazhul]

The weather though is better than in Canada

[arnodobler]

Climate, weather and latitudes from sunrise to sunset are completely different things. What good is tropical temperatures if I'm just indoors? Food things and hot, what you call spicy also has something to do with temperatures, water, perishability of food. The best cuisines in the world are rarely spicy: Italian, French, Japanese! It's always about the taste of the product, not the spice. Spice should emphasize, not cover up, the poor quality. I would never buy marinated meat!

[fedemm]

Hi! Is Berlin the only city for living without knowing german? What about Hamburg, Munich? Frankfurt? Thanks!

[dobelotan]

@Diana Verry I recommend you to move to Norway because they have a lot to offer...

[RustyDust]

I definitely knew you'd touch on the German bureaucracy. It truly is one of the worst things in Germany. Everything is still copied on paper and often requires snailmail. If the Romans hadn't invented bureaucracy in Europe, the Germans definitely would have.

I can see how German food might be considered "bland" when it comes to levels of spiciness. That German food is "bland" in being "without taste" I would not agree on. But when it comes to real Mexican, Indian, Thai, Chinese food you really have to go looking for the specialty restaurants and ask them for the types of spices they would use back home. Otherwise the food will be tailored to the wimpy German standards of spices and spiciness. HOWEVER, caveat: IF you go to one of the local Currywurst stalls that have different levels of spiciness, which might even include a waver you have to sign if you attempt the spiciest versions of their Currywurst, I really strongly suggest NOT starting with the spiciest levels. Those Currywurst stalls sometimes have REALLY nasty surprises. I've seen a short documentary about a Currywurst place in Duisburg which have six official spiciness levels, and one secret level which is not even adertised. The 'secret' level is ONLY revealed to customers who have successfully eaten (and retained) one of their level six spicy Currywurst at 2.5 million scoville units. The maximum sauce they have is basically liquid capsaicin at 16 million (yes, 16 million) scoville units. So just to throw that out there.

But standard Tex-Mex restaurants cater to the totally wimpy spice levels most Germans tend to favor. Somewhere between 5000 and 75000 scoville, with 75k already being considered very spicy by many. Yeah, there are people like my buddy who farms his own Carolina Reapers and munches on them as snacks. But those kinds of Germans are rare.

[lisbon]

Germany is only welcoming desperate people. IT is worse than in South Europe, from experience. People are the same as they always were. Bureaucracy is extremely old fashion. Online and cards still "new trend" here.

[angelavonhalle]

I used to live in Germany and was not affected by any of the items on your list (o.k. maybe some years were especially cold), plus I hate spicy foods. Clothes dryers are a waste of energy, the clothes can be air dried (hung up, no electricity). But then again, I used to live in Puerto Rico; it's America and quite hot. Everything is relative, I guess. Or it's in the genes maybe...

[clausmayerhofer]

Thank you for the open, very very honest and un-emotional way to tell your truth about living, organizing, eating and what more in this country. We appreciate it. I have a request though: can you repeat all of this in different languages, like let's say french (should be a peace of cake for you as an Canadian), turkish, arabic and two dozens of african languages? We would appreciate this even more. And thank you that you didn't spread the word about free education, cheap health care, a load of social security and 25-30 days off from work and not to forget the best beer in the world and the best soccer players. ;-)